TheDepartment of State has just issued the July2020 Visa Bulletin.  This is thetenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2021. This blog post analyzes this month’sVisa Bulletin.

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Table A:Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (PermanentResidency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Employment

All Chargeability 

CHINA

INDIA

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

1-Dec-17

1-Jun-11

C

3rd

C

1-Jan-19

1-Jan-13

C

Table B:Dates of Filing

The USCISwill be using the Table A: Final Action Dates chart for I-485 employment-basedfilings. A beneficiary must be current on the above Table A chart in order tofile their I-485, Adjustment of Status applications.  USCISVisa Bulletin Dates

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Both the Philippinesand Worldwide (All Other) EB-3 continue to be current. Our opinion remainsthat these categories will stay current for the foreseeable future and into2022.

India EB-1 remains current, which continues tolead to extra visas will flowing down to India EB2 and EB3.  India EB-2 again moved ahead, thistime by 6 months, a positive trend that has continued and can be expected tocontinue.  Similarly, India EB-3 leaptahead 14 months.  We will see favorableprocessing times for the rest of 2021 and into 2022.

China EB-2and EB-3 again bothmoved forward by seven and four months, respectively.  This trend should continue into 2022.  China EB-1 remains current.